Watch strap



May 13, 1947. c w 2,420,435

Filed Sept. 25, 1945 INVENTOR EMIL LACK-OW.

ATTORNEY h Patented May 13, 1947 UNITED STATES rArENr orrlce WATCH STRAPEmil Laclrow, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application September 25, 1945, Serial No. 618,474

" Claims. 1

This invention relates to watch straps, particularly of the type adaptedfor use with wrist watches.

Ihe conventional form of watch strap consists of two separate strapmembers, one end of each containing a loop in engagement either with anear extending outwardly from the wrist watch, or with a spring barassociated with the Wrist watchthe other ends of the straps beingprovided with a buckle arrangement. In attaching this form of watchstrap to the wrist, it is generally necessary to hold the watch andstrap combination against the body, or to otherwise hold the two strapmembers between the fingers, while the buckle attachment is beingeffectuated. This operation is generally inconvenient and difiicult toperform, and occasionally results in an inadvertent dropping of thewatch. It is within the contemplation of my invention to eliminate thisdimculty in applying watch straps to the wrist by enabling thecombination of watch and strap members to be readily and easily slippedover the wrist, without the necessity of difficult maneuvering.

With conventional watch straps of the type above mentioned it isgenerally necessary to temporarily remove the entire watch and strapassembly from the wrist during the washing of ones hands. ihis is notonly an inconvenient operation in itself, but it may result in the lossof a watch when it is placed upon a wash stand and then forgotten, whichis not an infrequent occurrence. It is accordingly another importantobject of my invention to obviate this danger by avoiding the necessityof completely detaching the component parts of the strap assembly, andenabling it to be moved upwardly to a portion of the arm remote from thewrist. And in the accomplishment of this objective, it is a furtherobject to enable a watch strap, which may be made of inextensiblematerial such as leather, to be expanded so that it may be readily movedto the upper part of the arm, or to a point near the elbow.

And it is a further object of this invention to provide an inexpensiveand readily fabricated device capable of performing the aforesaidfunctions.

Other objects, features and advantages will appear from the drawings anddescription hereinafter given.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the watch strap of my invention shownin its open condition.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the device of Figure 1 shown in itsfully closed condition, and

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the watch strap of my invention shownon an arm in a position remote from the wrist.

In the drawings which show a preferred form of my invention, theessential component parts thereof are the flexible strap member 5, thecoacting strap member 6 and the flexible connecting member 1. Members 5and 6 are provided with loop portions 8 and 9, respectively, and theseare mounted over pin bars l0 and II associated in conventional mannerwith the wrist watch l2. Strap member 6 contains the buckle 13 throughwhich the terminal portion IA of strap member 5 is slidably movable,said terminal portion l4 also being capable of entry within loop [5attached to the buckle member 6, in conventional manner.

The flexible connecting member i has attached to the two terminalsthereof the loop members i6 and 11, said loop members being slidablydisposed over strap members 5 and 6, respectively. The operativeslidable movement of loop ll along buckle member 6 is limited by thewatch l2 and the loop i5; and the operative slidable movement of loop IEis limited by the watch I2 and the raised ornamental stop member l8secured to the terminal portion 14 of member 5. The thickness 01' saidstop i8 is such that it will extend outwardly beyond the undersurface itof loop iiithat is, it is of a thickness sufficient to prevent the ioopfrom sliding off the terminal M. 11118 thickness of stop l8, however, isless than the height of the opening IS in the buckle, and less than thatof the opening 28 in loop 5, whereby it may readily pass through thebuckle and through said loop it.

In operatively employing this device, the entire assembly is firstexpanded by slidably moving the loops It and ii outwardly towardsterminal i i and buckle B, respectively, whereby the combined efiectivecircumference of members 5, 6 and i will be suificient to enable theassembly to be slipped over the hand and to the wrist. Thereafterterminal Ill is passed through buckle l3 and loop i5 in conventionalmanner to close the strap and enable it to conveniently envelop thewrist. During this operation, the loops l6 and I1 will slidably movealong strap members 5 and 6, so that the connecting member I willadjustably position itself in proper relation to the wrist and thecoacting members 5 and ii, forming a double and reenforced straparrangement along certain 3 portions of the assembly, as clearly shownin Figure 2.

Should one desire to disengage the strap so as to move it upwardly alongthe arm to a position remote from the wrist, as would be desirable dur-5 ing the washing of ones hands, all that need be done is to disengagethe buckle and expand the assembly in the manner aforesaid, whereby thecircumference will be increased to permit the strap to be slidably movedto the position shown in Figure 3;

Although the particular form of my invention illustrated shows both loopmembers l6 and I! in slidable engagement with strap members .5 and- 6,it is also within the contemplation of my invention to arrange theconnectingmember I with only one slidable loop member such.as I6, theother loop member being afiixedor anchored in place at a predeterminedpoint.

In the accompanying drawings, the invention hasbeen shown merely bywayof example and in preferred form, but obviously many variations and 1modifications may be made therein which will still becomprised withinitsspirit; It is to be understood, therefore, that the. inventioniisnotlimitedtto anyspecific form or-embodiment, exceptinsofar as suchlimitations are specified in the appended claims.

I.-claim:

1. In a watch strap, two flexible strapmem- 3 bers; ho1ding-means ataterminal of each of said members for attachment'to a-wristwatch, theopposite-terminal portions of said members being; ;detachably engageableWitheach other, and a flexible connecting member extending, between 3,

and-slidably mountedupon bothof said-strap members.-,

2. In1a, watch strap; two flexiblestrap mem. bers, holding means at aterminal of eachuofisaid:

members for attachmentto a wrist watch,,the

opposite terminal portio s of said membersbeing detachably engageablewith each other, a flexible.- connecting; member. extending, betweensaid strap; members, loop, means, attached. to the terminals-10f, saidconnecting member and. slide 4-;

ablymounted-over, said, strap members, ,andzstop; meansin the! regionpfthe terminal/portions. of. the strap members .for limiting. theoperative movement of said loop means, over: the strap,

members 3. In a watch strap, two flexible; strap, mem-. bers; holding;means ata terminal of each of said members. for attachment to a wristwatch, the. opposite terminal portions of said members being detachablyengageable with each other, a flexible connecting member extendingbetween and engageable with the inner surfaces of said strap members,loop means attached to the terminals of said connecting member andslidably mounted over said strap members, and stop means in the regionof the terminal portions of the strap members for limiting the operativemovement of said loop means over the strap members.

4; In a watch strap, two flexiblestrapmembers, holding means at aterminal of each of said members for attachment to a wrist watch, theopposite terminal portions of said members being detachably engageablewith each other, a flexible connectingmember extending between saidstrap, members, loop means attached to the terminals of said connectingmember and slidably mountedover said strap members, and stop means inthe region of the terminal portions of the strap members for limitingtheoperative movementof said loop meansoverthe stra-p members, the-stopmeans at one of the said detachably engageable terminal portions of-thestrap members comprising, a; raisedornamental member; proportioned forabutmentwith the loop means onthevadja cent terminal of the connectingmember.

5. In- I a watchgstrap,-,two1 flexible strap. mem-- bers, holdingmeansat alterminal ofjeach of saidmembersfor attachment,- to, awrist, watch,a buckle "-at' the opposite terminal portion ofone 101? said members,,the correspondingterminal portion'of the other,- of said members beingdetachably engageable with said buckle-and containing a raised stopmember, a fiexibie connecting member extending; between and: engageablewith" the:

REFERENCES CITED l The followingreferences are of record in-- thefiler-ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date- 2',394,'856;; Hickman Feb; 12,1946--

